Organic HONEY BEES
...from the beginning.
This is about organic beekeeping and follows three precepts: (1) Raise small honey bees in nontoxic equipment, (2) provide them with diverse forage and clean water and never feed them junk food and (3) NEVER use drugs or chemicals on them.
Welcome to a work in progress - revision of Summer 2011.
Long Forgotten Path
Small honey bees are raised not bought, so this is discussed at Keeping Bees.
Nontoxic equipment presents two problems: Organic - or even reasonably clean - wax foundation for the small-cell honeycomb is strictly do it yourself. Avoiding toxic manmade building materials is as tedious for honey bees as it is for the rest of us in our domiciles.
Much is resolved by going back to old-time woodworking and beekeeping. This will come, and more.
Meanwhile
Honey bee nutrition got a start at Forage, while Genetics looks at two honey bee invasions - one here now that has some good in it if you know where to look, and one on the way that does not look good at all.
Directions
Everything that was here in 2010 is now at Millennium - that's how the construction is working out at the moment. Click the button. Thanks for being here - from the bees, too.